cyclop

Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. one-eyed giant; a water flea
Word Forms
Pluralcyclops

Real-world Examples

I made a flying cyclops, just one eye, said Owen Whitman, a workshop participant.

Source: VOA Standard August 2013 Collection

Six men entered the 7-mile-long cyclops cave near Cleveland, and planned to camp overnight Saturday.

Source: AP Listening Collection April 2019

Mystified by these cyclops sheep, they called in scientists from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to investigate.

Source: Bilingual Edition of TED-Ed Selected Speeches

I'm sorry for waking you, but I know how to kill the cyclops.

Source: Young Sheldon Season 2

I look like a vampire cyclops. - That's fine.

Source: Buzzfeed Women's Fashion Talk

It's not giving me full on, mythical cyclops vibes.

Source: Buzzfeed Women's Fashion Talk

It was long assumed that they were imaginary, like the cyclops and centaurs.

Source: TED-Ed (video version)

Then while perusing a textbook, Beachy came across photos of the cyclops sheep and realized what had eluded scientists for four decades.

Source: Bilingual Edition of TED-Ed Selected Speeches

When those farmers first saw the cyclops sheep, they could have chalked it up to a freak genetic mutation and walked away.

Source: Bilingual Edition of TED-Ed Selected Speeches

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